For decades, geologist J Harlen Bretz was ridiculed for arguing that a catastrophic Ice Age flood had carved much of the Pacific Northwest. In the 1970s, satell

For decades, geologist J Harlen Bretz was ridiculed for arguing that a catastrophic Ice Age flood had carved much of the Pacific Northwest. In the 1970s, satellite imagery helped confirm the massive flood scars he had identified. At age 96, Bretz received geology’s highest honor and joked, “All my e…